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Their repertoire for two pianos is manifold: besides popular compositions as Mozart sonatas or “Til Eulenspiegel” by Richard Strauss, Tal & Groethuysen play works by unknown composers such Babin or Casella. They regularly inspire their audiences with the Rheinberger/Reger transcription of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. They nevertheless don’t neglect the piano literature for four hands. Thus Schubert, Dvorak‘s „Slawische Tänze“, as well as rarely heard arrangements, such as Mendelssohn Oktett, the Hebrides‘ Ouverture for four hands, or Brahms’ arrangement of his piano concerto no. 1 for four hands.
The exclusive cooperation with the record company SONY CLASSICAL (more than 35 CDs in their over 30 years spanning career) makes up an important part of their international success: The Duo Tal & Groethuysen has released numerous recordings of piano music for four hands (largely world première recordings which have brought them great acclaim from critics and the public alike. Their CDs have won the coveted “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” no less than ten times, while the German Phono Academy has awarded its “ECHO Klassik”-Prize to five of their recordings, including the complete recordings of Schubert's music for four hands and the complete Mozart piano duos. Other awards from outside Germany, such as the “Cannes Classical Award“,“Editor's Choice“ by Gramophone and the “Supersonic Award“ reflect their high international reputation.
Past releases include the highly acclaimed CD “Götterdämmerung” (2013) with arrangements by Debussy, Dukas, Reger and Alfred Pringsheim (world premier recording) for two pianos. The recording has been awarded with the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik” in the category piano music. After a further album released in 2015 called 1915, including works of Claude Debussy and Reynaldo Hahn (and awarded with the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”), the latest release, called Colors, includes two-piano transcriptions of orchestral pieces by Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss.
Since the semester 2014/15 the duo has been appointed to a professorship at the Mozarteum Salzburg.
Highlights of the past season were invitations to Chicaco, to the Montreal Bach Festival and to Konzerthaus Berlin with chamber-symphonic arrangements of big symphonies (piano 4 hds, vl, vc). Furthermore, SONY released the “18 Studies on Bach’s The Art of the Fugue” by Reinhard Febel on a double CD, rewarded with a “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”.
In the 2020/21 season the duo returns to Schubertiade Hohenems. Further invitations include performances with Kölner Kammerorchester and recitals, among others, at Bamberg and at Mozartfest Würzburg. Highly expected for October 2020 is the release of the recordings of the Concertos for 2 pianos and orchestra by Anton Eberl and Jan Ladislav Dussek with Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Reinhard Goebel from December 2018.
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As of: Season 2020/2021
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